Island authorities denounce attack on tax police
Local authorities on the Greek island of Hydra have denounced an attack by a local crowd on tax police after they detained a restaurant owner who did not provide receipts to clients. The Friday incident happened after the inspectors wanted to transport the restaurant owner to Athens, an hour’s ride away by fast boat. They […]
Read More →Lonmin to SAfrica strikers: Work Monday or fired
Lonmin PLC says striking miners must return to work Monday or face being fired from the platinum mine where rivalry between unions exploded into violence that has killed 44 people in a week. Thirty-four were gunned down by police in one of the worst displays of state violence since apartheid ended in 1994. About 3,000 […]
Read More →Zimbabwe church orders doctor out of the country
 Associated Press Officials of the Salvation Army in Zimbabwe said Sunday they have given a Canadian doctor 48 hours to leave the southern African nation after he was fired from a mission hospital. Dr. Paul Thistle’s departure was moved forward from Sept. 1 after villagers incited violence at the medical facility on Thursday to demand […]
Read More →Sudanese helicopter crash kills 32
A Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashed in a mountainous southern region on Sunday, killing all 32 people on board including a Cabinet minister, a former presidential adviser, two generals and a TV crew. The delegation was travelling aboard a chartered helicopter to the volatile South Kordofan state to attend prayers on the first […]
Read More →In Somalia, presidential election with few voters
Somali leaders are on the verge of naming a new parliament that is supposed to elect a president by Monday, but it’s hard to find any ordinary Somalis excited by the political changes: They don’t have the right to vote. Monday marks the end of eight years of rule by a U.N.-backed leadership structure known […]
Read More →Eritrean London Olympics Athlete Seeks Asylum In UK
True to expectations, at least 4 members including the sole female member of the Eritrean London Olympics athletics team out of a total of not less than a dozen have reportedly sought political asylum in the UK but for personal reasons only one, the flag-bearer of the team, 19-year old Mr. Woynai Gebreslassie has been […]
Read More →The Ethiopian government has suspended the provision of foreign currency.
The Ethiopian government has suspended the provision of foreign currency in a decision that has been linked to the political uncertainties surrounding Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s deteriorating health. A notice to this effect has been issued by the regulator, the National Bank of Ethiopia, to the country’s commercial banks as Addis Ababa also appealed for […]
Read More →America’s Ally: What’s Next For Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a strong U.S. ally and a regional power in east Africa. Over the last decade, it has pulled millions up from poverty through a combination of economic growth and foreign development assistance. But the country’s ruling party, led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, has also brutally suppressed dissent by jailing journalists and political […]
Read More →The Meles Mystery: Has Anyone Seen Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Zenawi – OpEd
By:Â Graham Peebles August 14, 2012 To many Ethiopians the sudden disappearance of Prime Minister Zenawi is a source of joy and excited expectation, for his die-hard supporters apprehension no doubt and concern for their leader. Is he dead they ask, or perhaps critically ill, has he run away, finally overwhelmed by guilt and shame at […]
Read More →New book on Ethiopia details child slavery
A new book published in the United Kingdom has detailed child slavery in Ethiopia. Author Judie Oron, a journalist, had rescued a young Ethiopian Jewish girl from slavery in 1992, paying $111 for the then 17-year-old. Today, that girl, Wuditu, lives a life in freedom, away from the struggles that formed her early years. That […]
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